Chapter 140

“Who is it?” Ava whispered as she peeked through the window,

She sull couldn’t see anything, but there was someone there

“Stay back from the window. And I don’t know why you’re whispering: they can hear you.”

Mr Patrick was calm as he sat on the floor, his eyes closed, meditating. But he had been scared when he’d called her back of sheer panic that had made her realise what a dangerous situation she was in.

“I wasn’t scared.”

That was a lie. She could feel that, too.

She’d felt

it-

– moment

“What?”

Why was he thinking about that and not that

that they could b

be attacked at any minute, but Zeke and her father were not there to protect them?!

Mr Patrick opened his eyes and looked at her with open fascination.

“What else can you feel?” he asked.

“If you close your eyes and focus, can you sense them in the woods?” he asked.

Her heart hammered

“Them? What do you mean by them? How many are there?” she asked.

It wasn’t g getting attacked that was terrifying her. What if it happened again? What if she passed out, and then the next thing she would remember would be the blood on her hands?

“Empty your mind, Ava. Focus. What do you feel?”

“I feel like you’re out of your damn mind if you’re trying to make me meditate right now,” she snapped as she turned the

window again.

ones waiting to attack. But what were they waiting for? She was sure they could sense that Zeke wasn’t there. Unless they

surprised that they are brave enough to come so close to Zeke’s boundary.” Mr Patrick said. “But they are not brave enough

last night. I saw them in the yard,” she

with

their l

legs”

Mr Patrick frowned and turned his attention to the front of the

“What is it?”

he answered just before the doorbell rang.

Did they think she would just open it? Why were they knocking anyway? They were wolves; they could just

more insistent than the first time.

a frath when

“Don’t open it, Ava

poured out of his nose, and his lip was cut shocked her

open

WALL

his

cres that

wider, Jared fell to his knees. And behind him,

face, stood the

Zeke’s father.

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Chapter 140

brought my son a

he doing? Such violence outside the training centre was against the school

students–were at the bottom of the driveway, just watching. So was it Zeke’s pack that was in the woods

not here,” she answered, looking down

not even trying to run. And there was a puddle

grown man attack a boy a lot weaker than

not here. Step

of anger. Whatever game this man was playing wasn’t going to end well. She could feel that just as much as she had felt Mr Patrick’s fear and

the house,” she said

“This is Blood Moon territory, and

her, she wished it would come out and deal with this man. Just once, and just this man. But she pushed that thought aside because she didn’t want to hurt

it’s his

in the

stiffened and looked up at her. She hadn’t meant to sound so aggressive, but she knew where they could go to stay safe. The basement. It had been secure enough to hide in when the

get to his feet, but

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